Thursday, 1st October 2009
09.00
Communication, education and public awareness (CEPA)
Current "state-of-the-art" (process and results)
Overview of past workshops and other elements, Kathrin Heidbrink, GTZ
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Key results from CEPA WSs Nairobi and Bonn, Pierre du Plessis, CRIAA SADC Namibia
Comments:
Useful to link ABS to something tangible that people are dealing with on a day to day basis- for business it is issues of legal certainty, for ILCs it is issues of land, for government it is an issues of forests and protected areas
Communication is a long term process and it is also a trust building exercise.
10.30
Coffee
11.00
Elaborating on the national-level CEPA cluster
(based on results of Bonn Workshop)
Cross-check and completion of national-level cluster
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE COUNTRIES SO THAT ABS WILL WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH A TIME LINE?
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
1) National researchers comply with ABS (at international and local levels)
NATIONAL LEVEL
1) Political will before COP 10
2) Adopt/create legislation and policies
3) Clear set up of appropriate respective institutions (throughout the time line)
4) Resource mobilization
5) Evaluation of current situation regarding ABS
6) Transparent approach to ABS issues
7) ABS integrated into planning processes (after legislation and set up of appropriate institutions)
8) Integrate ABS into the CBD context
9) Genetic resources as stimulus for socio-economic development
10) Investment promotion for ABS related products (both at national and international level)
LOCAL LEVEL
1) Clarification as to who the relevant stakeholders are (at local and national level)
2) Trust between stakeholders (at local and national level)
3) Common understanding of ABS among stakeholders (at local and national level)
4) People need to understand the value of GR and TK
5) Strong collaboration and partnership among stakeholders (at local and national level)
6) Real flow of benefits (at local level)
7) Conservation of GR (at local level)
8) Benefit sharing plan (at local and national level)
9) Rights of local communities to be involved (at local and national level)
NEW CLUSTERS WERE MADE BY PARTICIPANTS FROM POINTS MADE PREVIOUSLY
ECONOMICS OF ABS:
1) Real flow of benefits
2) Public private partnership framework in place
3) Investment promotion of ABS related products
4) Genetic resources as stimulus for socio-economic development
5) Resource mobilization
6) Benefit sharing plan
ETHICS OF ABS:
1) Transparent approach to ABS issues
2) National researchers comply with ABS
3) Rights of local communities to be involved
4) Clarification – who are the relevant stakeholders
5) Common understanding of ABS among stakeholders
6) Trust between stakeholders
7) People understand the value of GR and TK
8) Strong collaboration and partnership among stakeholders
LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK:
1) Political will
2) Adopt/create legislation and policies
3) Clear setup of appropriate and respective institutions
4) ABS integrated into planning processes
5) Evaluation of current situation regarding ABS
SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1) Evaluation of current situation regarding ABS
2) Conservation of GR
3) Integrate ABS into the CBD context
4) Possible resources for ABS identified
PARTICIPANTS WERE THEN DIVIDED INTO 3 GROUPS AND ASKED TO IDENTIFY WHO THE KEY ACTORS WERE WHO CAN MAKE THE GOALS IDENTIFIED HAPPEN, THE KEY ACTIONS THEY NEED TO UNDERTAKE, THE KEYMESSAGES THAT NEED TO REACH THEM AND THE KEY MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION: (Ethics of ABS was left out)
1) ECONOMICS OF ABS
2) LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
3) SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Elaborating on the national-level CEPA cluster (cont'd)
Identifying key actors for change and action they need to take
12.30
Lunch
13.30
1) ECONOMICS OF ABS
A) Key actors are NGOs/CBOs especially funding institutions
Key actions a) Provide funding for ABS compliant business b) Making ABS compliance a condition for funding c) Credit schemes
Key messages: ABS is the future, fund it now b) ABS is the key to life-fund generously
Key mediums of communication: a) Meetings- breakfast, lunch and dinner b) Conferences and symposiums
B) Key actors are ILCs who are providers of BR/GR/TK and their
Key actions are a) Promotion of BR/GR/TK b) Protect against resource depletion c) Organize and create associations d) Promote and add value for BR/GR and TK
Key messages: a) Organised, sustainable supply of BR/GR/TK can improve livelihoods and create wealth b) But if you ignore ABS rules, you stand to lose valuable assets and endanger your livelihood
Key mediums of communication: a) Seminars/workshops b) Radio/TVs fliers/public gatherings c) News paper/feature stories
C) Key actors are business partners
Key actions are a) Investment promotion for ABS related products b) Ongoing innovation c) Fair sharing of benefits d) Marketing
Key messages: a) Biotrade can make dollars but non-compliant biotrade is a reputational risk b) Our BR/GR/TK plus your business skills = win-win situation c) Brand your product, grow rich
Key mediums of communication: a) Exhibitions/trade fairs b) fliers/brochures, press releases
D)Other key actors include policy makers who include Ministry of Finance, planning institutions and development partners, resource managers, researchers and academics, user companies which include biotech companies, chambers of commerce and consumers
2) LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
A) Key Actor is the responsible ministry
Key actions are a) Enact legislation b) mobilize stakeholders c) Dissemination of ABS/TK information d) Indentify focal points and competent authorities e) Mobilize resources f) Harmonization of relevant laws on ABS g) Commissioning relevant studies/research h) Monitoring and compliance i) Capacity building k) Establish national forum for information exchange
Key Messages: a) Inaction will lead to environmental disasters b) Act now of we will lose our GR and TK c) Timely/urgency of action to avoid misappropriation d) ABS ensures sustainability of resources e) Participatory approach to effective legislation
Key mediums of communication: a) Radio/TV b) Meetings/conferences/workshops c) video d) emails/sms f) newspaper g) tea meetings “informal” h) publications
B) Key Actor is the local community
Key actions are a) Contribution of ILC in legislation b) Establish local structures for ABS c) Ensure sustainable conservation of resources/knowledge d) Ensure equitable and fair BS in transparency e) Participation in documentation and mapping of GR/TK f) Proper management of financial resources accruing from ABS
Key Messages: a) Enough is enough b) Power belongs to the local community c) Passivity leads to alienation d) Exercise your legitimate rights e) United we stand, divided we fall f) Don’t sit on the fence, get involved
Key mediums of communication: a) Local singers/criers b) drama ‘theatre” c) radio d) village meetings e) short videos f) sms messages g) leaflets and pictures h) billboards
C) Key Actor is the private sector and the
Key actions are a) Sustainable use of resources b) Financial input c) Market opportunities d) Equitable BS to stakeholders e) Technology transfer f) Promotion of ABS products g) Social responsibility
Other key actors are parliamentarians
3) SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
A) Key Actors are Ministry of Environment , Agriculture, Forestry , Wildlife, Fisheries, Mining
Key actions are a) Appropriate management, policies and plans b) Collaboration and coordination on natural resource management
Key messages: a) We need to work together to realize the value of our natural resources b) Significant percentage of our natural resources are being depleted as a result of poor management systems c) Shall we continue to lose our heritage- let us take a step d) We are in this together – lets make it happen e) Our natural resource is getting depleted, good management systems is the answer to ABS
Key mediums of communication: a) Policy briefs b) memos c) posters d) short films e) emails/websites d) conferences/workshops and meetings e) talk/shows f) newsletters and magazines g) leaflets/fliers/brochures h) jingles on radio i) billboards j) interviews and k) adverts
B) Key Actors are research institutions, universities and parastatals
Key actions are a) Documentation of natural resources b) Insitu and exsitu conservation to be set up and enrichment for sustainable use c) Multiplication of propagation materials for natural resources/endangered species d) Preservation of endangered species e) Characterization of resources
Key messages: a) Know what you have before its too late b) counter biopiracy and resource extinction c) No research, no future-inventorize
Key mediums of communication: same as the medium of communication for the Ministry
C) Key Actors are CBO’s , CSO’s and NGOs and
Key actions are a) Documentation of GR and TK for decision making b) Maintain/utilize NR germ plasm
Key messages: a) Value what you have and use wisely b) conserve today and use tomorrow c) maintain what you have- begging is hard
Key mediums of communication: a) TV/radio messages b) drama/plays c) musicals d) traditional bands e) village and town criers f) village meetings g) exhibitions h) folklore and story telling f) festivals g) info centers and bureaus h) special events i) opinion leaders
D) Other key actors a) Community leaders, village assemblies, traditional rulers, religious leaders b) CBD focal points and competent national authority c) Traditional medical practitioners, herbalists, local communities d) Conservation NGOs e) Independent evaluators
15.30
Coffee
16.00
FILM ON MARULA AND ABS, Pierre du Plessis, CRIAA
Elaborating on the national-level CEPA cluster (cont'd)
Identifying communication channels and means to convey messages to key actors
17.30
End of day's programme
